Tôkyô To’ei Chikatetsu – Mita-sen 三田線
1247 Mita-sen unit 6302 on its way to Shirokane Takanawa, the southwestern end of the Mita-sen proper. At Shimura Sanchôme. (2016) (click)
Mita-sen
1067 mm gauge, overhead current collection (direct current 1500 V). The Mita-sen runs from Nishi Takashimadaira in the north of Tôkyô to Mita in the south of Tôkyô and was completed 1968 – 1973. Beyond Mita the line was linked to the new Namboku-sen of the Tôkyô Metro Company at Shirokane Takanawa in 2000 and shares its line with the Namboku-sen to Meguro. Length: 24, 2 km to Shirokane Takanawa, and then 2,3 km to Meguro.
The stations are: 1 Nishi Takashimadaira西高島平 – 2 Shin Takashimadaira新高島平 – 3 Takashimadaira高島平 – 4 Nishidai西台 – 5 Hasune蓮根 – 6 Shimura Sanchôme志村三丁目 – 7 Shimura Sakaue志村坂上 – 8 Moto Hasunuma本蓮沼 – 9 Itabashi Honchô板橋本町 – 10 Itabashi Kuyakusho-mae 板橋区役所前 – 11 Shin Itabashi新板橋 – 12 Nishi Sugamo西巣鴨 – 13 Sugamo巣鴨 – 14 Sengoku千石 – 15 Hakusan白山 – 16 Kasuga春日 – 17 Suidôbashi水道橋 – 18 Jinbôchô神保町 – 19 Ôtemachi大手町 – 20 Hibiya日比谷 – 21 Uchisaiwaichô内幸町 – 22 Onarimon御成門 – 23 Shiba Kôen芝公園 – 24 Mita三田 – 25 Shirokane Takanawa白金高輪 – (Namboku-sen: 26 Shirokanedai白金台 – 27 Meguro 目黒).
From 25 Shirokane Takanawa the Mita-sen takes the same route as the Tôkyô Metro Namboku-sen, running to the end of this line at Hiyoshi, that is, using the the Tôkyû Company’s Meguro-sen to Den’en Chôfu and then running alongside the Tôkyû Company’s Tôyoko-sen to Hiyoshi. Some trains continue from here to Shin Yokohama and to the Sôtetsu Company’s line further westward, at least to Nishiya. Conversely, Tôkyû Company trains run over the Mita-sen to the end at 1 Nishi Takashimadaira. Sôtetsu trains may operate all the way from Ebina to 1 Nishi Takashimadaira.
The situation concerning the use of different company’s rolling stock has changed considerably since the opening of the connection from Hiyoshi to Shin Yokohama (Tôkyû Company) and further to Nishiya (Sôtetsu Company) in 2023, and has still not settled down.
